Skip to content

Belonging Quote by Alfie Kohn

“People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices” quote by Alfie Kohn — Download Open image

“People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings)

Belonging Community Devices Enthusiastic Feels People Persons Sense Of Belonging Workplace

More by Alfie Kohn

“Many of our elected officials have virtually handed the keys to our schools over to corporate interests. Presidential commissions on education are commonly chaired…

Image

“a grade can be regarded only as an inadequate report of an inaccurate judgment by a biased and variable judge of the extent to…

Image

In some suburban schools, the curriculum is chock-full of rigorous A.P. courses and the parking lot glitters with pricey SUVs, but one doesn't have…

Image

Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to…

Image

If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

Image

If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.

Image

Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from…

Image

What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone's being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer?…

Image

When was the last time you spent the entire day with only 42 year olds?

Image

Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.

Image

Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her position of…

Image

Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns.

Image

Explore all 88 Alfie Kohn quotes

More Belonging quotes

She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply…

Image

I always think the best way of motivating yourself is to put yourself in a situation where you feel like you're belonging to something.

Image

It is a well-settled principle of the international code that where one nation owes another a liquidated debt which it refuses or neglects to…

Image

The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the…

George MacDonald

Image

I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits will result, not only for ourselves, but also for the society to which we belong. I generally refer to this sort of love and affection as a universal religion. Everyone needs it, believers as much as non-believers. This…

If some student belonging to weaker section of society suffers distress, humanity says it must be addressed.

Image

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that…

Image

The hardest thing about being at Sony was not the travel; it was being divorced from the public and private life I had in…

Howard Stringer

Image

Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously…

Image

“She isn't anybody's,' Rook said darkly. 'Son. she's not yours, either," Sarah Fleet said.”

Image

We have become this very fear-based culture, especially post-9/11. Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion. I think there would be more…

Image

The future will be in the hands of those of you who belong to the 21st century. You have the opportunity and responsibility to…

Image

Browse all 733 Belonging quotes